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Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Ed(...)
Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Ed(...)

Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Ed(...)

Date11/10/1975
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bus Service for people over 60 in North York was started yesterday with Mayor Mel Lastman on hand to greet passengers Lillian Robinson and (behind) Edith Platt. The service is available to those who live in the area bounded by Bayview Ave.; Dufferin St.; Lawrence Ave. and northern boundary line of North York.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0009826F
No Passengers on this Route, Top bus drivers from across Canada and the United States have been fighting it out for the honor of being named North Ame(...)
No Passengers on this Route, Top bus drivers from across Canada and the United States have been fighting it out for the honor of being named North Ame(...)
9/26/1978
Previewing the dial-a-bus service that started Saturday in North York, Gordon Carton (right), the Ontario minister of transportation and communication(...)
Previewing the dial-a-bus service that started Saturday in North York, Gordon Carton (right), the Ontario minister of transportation and communication(...)
10/26/1973
Dial-A-Bus driver Ron MacKenzie checks his log while he waits for some passengers
Dial-A-Bus driver Ron MacKenzie checks his log while he waits for some passengers
5/10/1974
Red Coated Guards of Fort York stand at attention for this 1941 Luxury Liner Dodge D19, owned by Lillian and John Samson, right, who are in costume fo(...)
Red Coated Guards of Fort York stand at attention for this 1941 Luxury Liner Dodge D19, owned by Lillian and John Samson, right, who are in costume fo(...)
7/4/1975
Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair
Big bucks: North York mayor Mel Lastman hands over a Metro cheque for $500,000 to Italian Canadian Benevolent Corporation president Joe Chiappetta while 3-year-old Jessica Karman Thibodeau gets her hands into the mayor's hair
2/18/1982
Bus Service in Markham is growing in leaps and bounds, according to Councillor Roy Muldrew, the chairman of the transit committee. Driver Emerson Ro(...)
Bus Service in Markham is growing in leaps and bounds, according to Councillor Roy Muldrew, the chairman of the transit committee. Driver Emerson Ro(...)
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Conservation clown: Art Nesley, the clown with the boxed-in feeling, was spreading the word in North York yesterday about the savings from better insulating your home, while Mayor Mel Lastman got behind the wheel of the city's first propane garbage truck
Conservation clown: Art Nesley, the clown with the boxed-in feeling, was spreading the word in North York yesterday about the savings from better insulating your home, while Mayor Mel Lastman got behind the wheel of the city's first propane garbage truck
9/14/1981
Showing off the Saab for Canadians, Swedish rally driver Eric Carlsson test-drove a new model over a tire-cutter at 60 miles an hour. He kept the car (...)
Showing off the Saab for Canadians, Swedish rally driver Eric Carlsson test-drove a new model over a tire-cutter at 60 miles an hour. He kept the car (...)
10/16/1974
New Buses go into service in Oakville yesterday, making possible 20-minute service to all routes, including the less-densely populated area north of t(...)
New Buses go into service in Oakville yesterday, making possible 20-minute service to all routes, including the less-densely populated area north of t(...)
6/10/1974
Hand jive: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris show their differing reactions to the province's announcement yesterday that municipalities will rule on Sunday store openings
Hand jive: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and Scarborough Mayor Gus Harris show their differing reactions to the province's announcement yesterday that municipalities will rule on Sunday store openings
12/1/1987
New system: In the interests of school-bus safety, entrepreneur Gary Barwick has developed a lap belt that has a strap over each shoulder
New system: In the interests of school-bus safety, entrepreneur Gary Barwick has developed a lap belt that has a strap over each shoulder
9/4/1986
Admiring a Vintage Silver Ghost, This elegant 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost touring car was one of 60 vintage automobiles that entered the third annual Auto Nostalgia Rally in Oakville yesterday
Admiring a Vintage Silver Ghost, This elegant 1911 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost touring car was one of 60 vintage automobiles that entered the third annual Auto Nostalgia Rally in Oakville yesterday
8/14/1977